We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Sexual Orientation and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
- Authors
HANNETT, SARAH
- Abstract
The article discusses a court case wherein the Inner House of the Scottish Court of Session ruled that dismissal of Roderick MacDonald from the Royal Air Force on the basis of his sexual orientation did not constitute unlawful sex discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (SDA). In the case Secretary of State for Defence v MacDonald, the civil appellate court rejected the respondent's argument that the meaning of sex under SDA includes both gender and sexual orientation. An interpretation of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is presented.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; UNITED Kingdom; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); SEX discrimination against men; SEX discrimination in employment; MACDONALD, Roderick; APPELLATE courts; SCOTLAND. Ministry of Defense; SEX discrimination laws
- Publication
Industrial Law Journal, 2001, Vol 30, Issue 3, p324
- ISSN
0305-9332
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ilj/30.3.324